A Barrow County man was arrested by local authorities after
he allegedly traveled to Forsyth County to have sexual contact with a minor at
a local park on Wednesday.

Michael Anthony Putnam, 27, of Auburn was taken into custody
at West Bank Park in Cumming, where he allegedly arranged a meeting with a
14-year-old child for the purposes of sex, according to Cpl. Doug Rainwater of
the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office.

According to Rainwater, instead of meeting a minor, Putnam
was intercepted by undercover law enforcement officers, who had been posing as
the 14-year-old and communicating with him via a social media platform since
mid-December 2018.

Because Putnam allegedly solicited sex from a person that he
knew was a minor, Rainwater said he has been charged with criminal attempt to commit
sodomy, criminal attempt to commit aggravated child molestation, obscene internet
contact with a child and illegal solicitation of a child.

Putnam was also charged with one count of possession of
marijuana for a small amount of drugs that were allegedly found on his person
at the time of his arrest.

He is being held in the Forsyth County Jail and is currently
under no bond.